Hopewell vs Rainsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Hopewell and Rainsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Hopewell and Rainsburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hopewell has the higher population (149 vs 134 in Rainsburg). Rainsburg has the higher median household income ($47,083 vs $41,875 in Hopewell). Rainsburg has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $104,200 in Hopewell).

Population, income & housing

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
Population	149	134
Median age	50.5 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$47,083
Median home value	$104,200	$127,500
Median gross rent	$658	$1,250
Housing units	86	69
Homeownership rate	59.4%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
Population	279 → 149 (-46.6%)	70 → 134 (+91.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $41,875 (+24.1%)	$34,167 → $47,083 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $104,200 (+31.6%)	$88,300 → $127,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $658 (+23.9%)	$850 → $1,250 (+47.1%)

Hopewell

Population

279149

Median household income

$33,750$41,875

Median home value

$79,200$104,200

Median gross rent

$531$658

Rainsburg

Population

70134

Median household income

$34,167$47,083

Median home value

$88,300$127,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
Under 5	2.0%	12.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	31.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	10.4%
75 and over	4.0%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
No high school diploma	21.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
Drove alone	90.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
1-unit, detached	64.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Hopewell	Rainsburg
Poverty rate	10.9%	47.8%
Average household size	2.16	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938